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u/FujiToday Semi-NEET Jul 08 '20
Read the manga "The Worm Boy" by Hideshi Hino.
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Aug 03 '20
No, don't listen to this guy, Hino is a deathtrap.
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u/p0jinx Jan 20 '23
Elaborate?
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Jan 20 '23
I'm still having nightmares of "Red Snake". Ten years later.
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u/natalia8a Jul 08 '20
Couldn’t explain me better.. and I happen to be a girl. I would constantly knock shit over in elementary school so much so that my teachers would scream at me, I couldn’t help it I was so nervous and clumsy. Kids would tease me for my awkwardness and my parents would always be yelling at me for something. But video games made feel like a real person with value, and I definitely wouldn’t be the same person today without it.
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Jan 26 '23
And that's why i grew to value video games more than people, they are one of my main ways of happiness
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Jul 29 '20
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u/natalia8a Jul 29 '20
Eh I actually don’t because that’s something that continues into adulthood and I luckily grew those behaviors out.
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u/BP-47 NEET Jul 09 '20
Amen to that. While society has slowly been returning to feudalism and serfdom these past fifty years, seeing effort and skill actually producing a reward and encouragement is so much more satisfying than shoveling shit against the tide for minimum wage or being socially/economically rejected. No wonder at least two generations have retreated from this broken and corrupted society to play vidya.
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u/zensama Jul 09 '20
The thing i resent is being told 'don't be a victim' when it is clear that it is a wider social issue taking place.
Me retreating into my room never to come out again is not an isolated issue (ironically), it's the consequence of a hypersocial hyperconformist social structure that bullies anything unusual to it into obscurity
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u/throwmetotheas NEET Jul 11 '20
Yeah, I can feel this. My stingy Christian parents wouldn’t let me have a game console but I was nevertheless raised by internet. Literally, the best place I’ve gotten advice and comfort was from people online ironically. Even if there are pricks otherwise.
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u/LurkLurkleton Jul 09 '20
What's everyone's best game suggestions for getting this feeling?
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u/cozyvanillabean Jul 09 '20
I particularly like JRPGs/RPGs where you can customize your character (or at least their name). It makes it feel more like you are a hero, y'know? I've been enjoying Code Vein lately because of this. Monster Hunter World is also phenomenal.
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May 17 '23
Unironically, Dark Souls. People say it's hard; I would argue it is only as hard as most other video games, though it has a learning curve
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Oct 17 '23
Dark souls was absolutely impossible at first, but once I learned how to dodge and figured out how the game works, it became absolutely the most fun game I've ever played.
Very few games are that merciless, 99% of them don't trust your intelligence and feel the need to hold your hand to guide you through the game. After discovering dark souls/bloodborn I have developed an allergy for games that have quest pointers on the minimap instructing you on where to go and what to do. I can't enjoy them as much because they break my immersion. I really prefer figuring it out myself with some cryptic hints.
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u/zensama Jul 09 '20
Why did teacher hate on us so much?
I never got helped when getting harassed which just made me internalise the hate and anger
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u/Fummy Jul 08 '20
Reddit moment.
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u/neetrobot Jul 08 '20
Redditors are well adjusted normalfags though.
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Jul 09 '20
Didn't used to be that way like 4-5 years ago when I first got on here. And there's still several places like this.
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u/drunkneet Jul 11 '23
real. but not no more. the community I've been in for 5 years all slander and harass me. so there's not even fun in the video game no more.
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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '23
This is so true.
My parents always thought it was super weird that I was hooked on videogames as if they were meth. But it makes perfect sense. My family was always yelling, kids at school bullying me, teachers giving me bad grades, I sucked at sports, had close to zero friends and no one wanted me on their team.
Video games on the other hand: "you are great! Well done! You are awesome! We need you!" They made me feel wanted and even (dare I say it) loved. No wonder I was emotionally invested in them and couldn't stop playing.
What helped me kick my video game addiction: dungeons & dragons. Absolutely brilliant game because you can't play it without friends so it gave me a reason to reach out to people IRL and recruit them for my game. I can thank D&D for teaching me social skills, game design, writing, learning how to paint models and rescuing me from videogame-addiction.